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Brotherhood 2.0: January 10, 2007

2007-01-10 · John, Daniel Biss · watch on YouTube · Science & nature · personal update

Inspired by Hank's auto-show video, John calculates his carbon footprint (16 tons a year, below the US average but 'still really bad') and, with Daniel Biss's arithmetic, finds offsetting it would cost $96 a year, joking about paying Al Gore.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting and date mix-up; aside to the women 'used as objects to sell other objects'; inspired by Hank's video to calculate his carbon footprint

  • ★ John greets the women 'being used as objects to sell other objects', apologises for the patriarchal oppression and wishes them luck selling Dodge Caravans. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • ★★★ Inspired by Hank's video from the day before, John calculates his own carbon footprint on BP.com, speeding up the boring part. — 00:00:10

00:00:32 — Carbon calculator on BP.com: 16 tons a year vs the US average of 18.58; three Olympic-sized swimming pools

  • ★★★ John says he produces 16 tons of carbon a year, lower than the United States average of 18.58, but still really bad. — 00:00:32
  • ★★ John says 16 tons of carbon would fill three Olympic-sized swimming pools. — 00:00:32

00:01:03 — Global-warming 'solution' of shooting carbon-filled pools into space; $6 a ton to offset; phoning Daniel Biss for the math

  • ★ As a joke global-warming solution, John proposes filling Olympic-sized pools with carbon and shooting them into space, wondering why no one thought of it. (joke) (hedged) — 00:01:03 · climate change
  • ★★ John says he just read on the internet that getting rid of your carbon footprint costs only $6 per ton. — 00:01:03

00:01:51 — Daniel computes 96: $96 a year to offset; paying Al Gore, who 'eats the carbon'

  • ★★ Saying he is not very good at math, John phones Daniel Biss for 16 times 6 and concludes that offsetting his carbon would cost $96 a year. — 00:01:51 · Daniel Biss
  • ★ John jokes that paying Al Gore $96 would clear his name of global warming; the exchange that follows (voices unclear) has Gore eating the carbon and pooping political gold. (joke) — 00:02:18

Humor (significant)

  • After learning his carbon would fill three Olympic pools, John offers a global warming solution. — 00:01:03 > «What if we took a lot of Olympic sized swimming pools and we filled them with carbon and we shot them into space?»
  • Too bad at math to multiply 16 by 6, John phones his mathematician friend Daniel, who answers at once. — 00:01:51 > «Do you see how fast he did that? He doesn't have a calculator.»
  • John says he can pay Al Gore $96 directly to take care of his carbon, and explains how Gore does it. — 00:02:18 > «He eats the carbon, and then when he poops it out, it's actually political gold.»

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